“[Jessica has] been with us on this journey,” her mother Terry Holman said. “I think she was just waiting for this day to finish, and now we can let go.”

Engle was found guilty on multiple felony counts. He stole a pickup truck while on probation. He was with another man while speeding away from police before crossing a median and slamming into Holman's vehicle.

“The disregard for human life, the disregard for anybody but himself -- that’s kind of how I see him,” said Mark Holman, Jessica’s father.

In court on Thursday, Hall did not mince words while handing down the 96-year prison sentence. He told the felon he is incapable of rehabilitation.

Hall noted the career criminal was previously given second chances but has never been able to turn his life around. Engle has seven previous felony convictions.